Letters: Disappointed by coverage of Rand Paul filibuster

On the morning of March 7, I was eager to visit Pennlive to review its coverage of the Rand Paul filibuster. Generally speaking, Pennlive provides insightful content pertaining to the major issues of the day.

However, I was very displeased to see the lack of coverage on the Rand Paul filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan as head of the CIA. On Pennlive, I only found the Associated Press article on the filibuster.

I thought the fact that Pennsylvania’s own Sen. Pat Toomey, who also spoke up in defense of civil liberties for American citizens on American soil, would generate coverage here in the Harrisburg area.

Sen. Paul did a courageous thing in using his filibuster to hold up the nomination and draw attention to this issue. The White House finally gave him a satisfactory answer the next day. Let us not forget that the President has already targeted and killed American citizens in Yemen using drones, including a 16-year-old boy as he ate dinner at a cafe.

Senators Paul, Toomey, and all those who joined in the filibuster yesterday, should be applauded for wanting the Obama Administration to answer the question of whether or not they believe they could carry out similar actions on American soil.

BRETT WITMER, New Cumberland

(Editor's Note: PennLive also provided a forum for readers to discuss Sen. Paul's use of the filibuster It appeared on March 7 and can be found here.)